where we’re asked to wear masks—
does that seem
does that seem
like a necessary precaution?
Depends on how much risk
our health regimen
Depends on how much risk
our health regimen
will abide. May I swim
against the fast
currents of air that contain
against the fast
currents of air that contain
measurable traces of Covid-19?
The last
thing I want is to die of my own regimen,
The last
thing I want is to die of my own regimen,
allowing me
to walk outside without a mask.
Wearing a mask’s at least
to walk outside without a mask.
Wearing a mask’s at least
a semiotic form,
like crossed bones on a mast—
a regime
of seem.
like crossed bones on a mast—
a regime
of seem.